"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
The McCain campaign "did not elaborate" on Obama's ties to ACORN.
Says she couldn't take stimulus money because it required "universal building codes."
A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary."
Palin said stimulus money for weatherization required "universal energy building codes for Alaska, kind of a one-size-fits-all building code that isn't going to work up there in Alaska."
"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."
"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."
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